Amherst Newswire

March 8 Margaret Hart Concert featuring SAMMUS 66 Main St. 8pm $5 Students; $15 General Admission for more information She's as likely to rap about phosphates and integers as she is to name-check Serena Williams or Emmitt Till. Her delivery is piercing, her perspective refreshing."
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The Amherst-Pelham boys basketball team Friday came back from an 11-0 deficit and held off a fourth-quarter comeback effort to earn a 50-49 win over Taconic. Amherst trailed by 11 after one quarter but cut the lead to five at half-time and took a 37-33 lead going into the fourth, when Dedric Moody hit four 3-pointers to help Taconic draw within one.
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Kevin Boino and the University of Massachusetts men's soccer team completed a rare Atlantic 10 double last weekend and will look to extend their season on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Division I Championship. The Minutemen defeated Virginia Commonwealth to win the A10 tournament, becoming the first team to win the regular season outright and the conference tournament in the league since 1991.
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Becky Barnes, trails coordinator for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, told the Greylock Advisory Council last week that the Lanesborough native has taken the position. "I grew up right down the street so I have been here my whole life and I know this mountain very well and it will be great to work on it," Clairmont told the council.
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Kristina Alvarado scored in the 71st minute to break a 2-2 tie and send the Williams College women's soccer team on to a 4-2 win over Amherst on Saturday in the sem-finals of the New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament. MIDDLEBUARY, Vt.
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Becky Barnes, trails coordinator for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, told the Greylock Advisory Council last week that the Lanesborough native has taken the position. "I grew up right down the street so I have been here my whole life and I know this mountain very well and it will be great to work on it," Clairmont told the council.
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Matt Hall ran for 115 yards and three touchdowns, and the Hoosac Valley football team scored 55 straight points en route to a 55-14 win over Mount Greylock on Friday in the Western Massachusetts Division 8 semi-finals. Vance Eugene threw for three touchdowns, ran for one and picked off a pair of passes for the top-seeded Hurricanes , who moved on to next week's sectional final against No.
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John Michael Coulter, 54, of Lee passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2017. A lifelong advocate of learning and teaching, he is remembered as loving, humorous and kind - a son, brother, husband, father and friend, and a mentor to hundreds of students over his three-plus decades of teaching.
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The Lee football team Friday night hung a 40-0 loss on Amherst to improve to 6-1 on the year with the Wildcats' third straight shutout. On a night when when the Lee football team's offense continued its run of scoring at least 34 points per game, perhaps the biggest play was turned in by the Wildcats' defense.
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After purchasing the former Chameleon's on East Street, Harold Tramazzo had hoped to open the much-anticipated Hangar of Pittsfield this summer. The eyes of many in Pittsfield have been on the building, with people getting excited when the old sign was pulled down, and eagerly waiting for it to open.
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Mary Jane Pignatelli, 63, of Lenox, died Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 5, 1953, daughter of William and Mary Conry Heaphy of Pittsfield, she grew up in the beautiful Berkshires, graduating from the former St. Joseph's High School in 1971.
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Born in Lenox, Mass., on July 30, 1929, son of Douglas and Emily Ollien Howie, he was a graduate of The University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering and was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies. A United States Navy Veteran, he served aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Buckley as a first class gun-fire control man.
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Unemployment, wages, and innovation are high points for the state's economy, all of which the commonwealth is doing the best in the nation. But the state has stalled on education, transportation, and revenue.
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Officials have been worried about elected seats going vacant in Tuesday's election, but enough candidates have come forward to ensure most will be filled. A seat on the Select Board and three on the Planning Board looked like they would go empty in the town election but three people have stepped forward to run write-in campaigns.
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Officials have been worried about elected seats going vacant in Tuesday's election, but enough candidates have come forward to ensure most will be filled. A seat on the Select Board and three on the Planning Board looked like they would go empty in the town election but three people have stepped forward to run write-in campaigns.
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